: The main distinction between Myth III being cat3 and
: GURPS being cat2 is that GURPS was overseen and
: released under supervision of Bungie, while Myth 3
: only has any claim to canoninity (is that a word)
: because the people who bought the franchise gave them
: the legal declaration of it. I mean consider - if
: someone had come here years ago and told you the Myth
: III plot as a "theory" at the Asylum, you
: really think they wouldn't have had it mostly torn
: apart?
When you say overseen and supervised, I say "given a piece of paper with something like 'carte blanche to say cool and interesting things, nothing trite, about Myth in your GURPS book' written on it".
I have no proof for that, but it just doesn't seem likely that the storyboarding team sat down with Mr. Seabolt and clarified things with him while he wrote. Or even for that matter answered specific questions... if anyone knows otherwise (I do hope I am wrong about my rather pessimistic view on the writing of GURPS) please let me know.
And Forrest, I can only imagine the vitriolic criticism we would have thrown to that hypothetical guy who would have posted the M3 plot as a "theory". He probably would have left the forum in tears!
